Izbeglice u Šri Lanki

Vojska Šri Lanke je saopštila da su desetine hiljada civila pobegle od sukoba na severoistoku zemlje. U izveštajima se navodi i da su borci Tamilskih tigrova pucali na civile koji beže.

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The military spokesman, Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara, told the BBC that a little over 5,000 people escaped in the early hours of the morning, having been confined up to now in the small coastal area still held by the Tamil Tigers.

He said the exodus had been made possible after government troops captured and demolished a long earth barrier, about two and a half metres high, built by the rebels. He added that the Tigers used artillery fire against those fleeing. Independent media have no access to the site of the fighting so it's not possible to confirm what's actually happened. If this number have indeed escaped, it would be one of the biggest flights on a single day for months.

On Sunday the International Committee of the Red Cross said doctors in the rebel-held zone were 'worn out' trying to treat the many wounded people. With limited access to the area, they can only evacuate people by sea. The military spokesman says those who've just escaped will go, like the others, to special camps around the town of Vavuniya about 100 kilometres from the location of the fighting.

Charles Haviland, BBC News, Colombo

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confined
zatvoreni u određenom prostoru, ograničeno im je kretanje na određenoj teritoriji

exodus
egzodus, pokret velikog broja izbeglica

demolished
srušen, razoren, uništen

rebels
pobunjenici, gerilci

artillery fire
artiljerijska vatra, paljba iz artiljerijskog naoružanja

fleeing
bežanje, napuštanje određenog mesta

flights
prilike u kojima veliki broj ljudi beži, grupe ljudi u bekstvu

rebel-held zone
zona koju pod kontrolom drže pobunjenici, teritorija pod vlašću gerilaca

worn out
umorni, iscrpljeni

evacuate
evakuacija, uklanjanje ljudi iz opasnog područja